Jurriaan Bendien wrote: > [Milton] Friedman's thesis was that "everywhere, whether in the United > States, Great > Britain, France, or Germany, a new administration has just about six months > to make major changes that will benefit the community at large... Unless the > occupant of [the White House], Republican or Democrat, makes such changes in > the first few months after being elected or reelected, the tyranny of the > status quo will assert itself and prevent further change.").
ironically, that conclusion seems to have applied to Obama's administration (though O has a different definition of "benefiting the community at large" than MF did). -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
